What should I eat during the confinement period to increase breast milk?

Generally speaking, when women are in confinement after giving birth, what they worry about most is the lack of milk during the confinement period. Everyone knows that breast milk is the best food for babies. If there is not enough breast milk, the baby will not only starve, but also have to add milk powder to the baby to avoid malnutrition. Most women, when they have no milk, usually use dietary therapy to increase milk. So what can you eat during confinement to have more milk?

What can I eat during the confinement period to increase my breast milk?

After giving birth, there are many foods that women cannot eat during the confinement period. There are also many foods that are very helpful for milk secretion. You can eat some peanuts. Peanuts have the effect of promoting lactation after childbirth and can also improve the problem of anemia in women after childbirth. Peanuts are a very good food, but you must chew them slowly before eating, otherwise it will put some burden on the stomach and intestines of women.

You can also drink papaya and fish tail soup. Women’s bodies are very weak after giving birth. Only by conditioning themselves with papaya and fish tail soup can their appetite return to normal, the problem of insufficient milk will also be improved, and it can also achieve the effect of nourishing and invigorating qi.

If you don't have enough milk, you can also drink some pig's trotter soup. However, if you eat pig's trotters after giving birth, you must use a pressure cooker to stew the trotters thoroughly. This will increase the secretion of milk. Be careful not to add salt or MSG when cooking.

How to make lactation soup

1. Lactation-promoting original vegetable soup

Original vegetable soup is made by boiling various vegetables, mainly roots, stems, flowers and fruits, without adding any seasoning. It has a fresh taste and can be drunk as tea. Drinking it on the day after delivery (the day after cesarean section) has an excellent effect on producing milk. Make sure to drink it at least twice a day.

Ingredients: soybean sprouts, broccoli, peppers (green, yellow, or red), purple cabbage, loofah, edamame, zucchini, and celery. Just choose 4 or more types each time.

Preparation: Put various vegetables into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, cook until they are soft, and then take the soup to drink.

2. Papaya, peanut and jujube soup

To increase milk production, you can drink papaya, peanuts and jujube soup, which is very effective in increasing milk production.

Ingredients: 750 grams of papaya, 150 grams of peanuts, 5 dates, 3/2 piece of sugar.

Preparation method: Peel, core and cut papaya into pieces; put papaya, peanuts, dates and 8 bowls of water into a pot, add sugar, and after the water boils, simmer for 2 hours before drinking.

3. Pork bone lactation soup

Pig bones have the effects of replenishing qi, blood and producing milk. When added with tongcao, the lactation effect is even stronger.

Ingredients: 500g fresh pork bones (cavity bones, spareribs, leg bones are all suitable), 6g Tongcao

Preparation method: First wash the pork bones, put them in a pot with clean water, and cook them in the pot together with the tongcao for 1-2 hours until it becomes a small bowl of pork bone soup, then add a little soy sauce. Drink it once and continue for 3-5 days.

4. Lactation-promoting soup with loofah seeds and silver carp

Luffa seeds have a lactation-promoting effect, and silver carp has the effects of tonifying deficiency, regulating qi, and promoting lactation. This soup has a certain effect on low milk production caused by blood deficiency.

Ingredients: 50g loofah seeds, 1 live silver carp

Preparation method: First wash, scale and remove the internal organs of the silver carp, then boil it together with the loofah seeds into soup. When eating, the mother can add a little soy sauce, but no salt. It is best to eat the fish and drink the soup in one go, drink it once a day for 3 consecutive days.